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Repco - The company gained fame for developing the engines which powered the BrabhamFormula One cars in which Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme won the 1966 and 1967 World Championship of Drivers titles respectively

1967

His best results in the event were in 1967 and 1968, both times finishing fourth

The 1967 Championship was essentially an internal affair within the Brabham team for most of the year, but the new Lotus 49 gave Jim Clark and Graham Hill the opportunity to bite back

McLaren - For , after driving McLaren's sole entry for the previous two years, Bruce was joined by 1967 champion and fellow New Zealander Denny Hulme, who was already racing for McLaren in Can-Am

Brabham - In 1967, the title went to Brabham's team mate, New Zealander Denny Hulme

Hulme F1 - Its name is taken after the 1967 Formula One World Champion, New Zealander Denny Hulme

Lorenzo Bandini - In May 1967 Bandini was racing at the Monaco Grand Prix, running second to Denny Hulme on the 82nd lap, when he lost control of his car at the harbour chicane

1968

He was CanAm champion in 1968 and 917s

Hulme's first Can-Am championship came his way in 1968, taking victories at Elkhart Lake, Edmonton and in Las Vegas and notching up 35 points

1970

As a result, he missed the Dutch Grand Prix in 1970

He did not compete in the 1970 race, due to methanol burns to the hands after a fire during practice

He retired to New Zealand, returning to touring cars to race occasionally in the Benson & Hedges 500 race at Pukekohe Park Raceway in the late 1970s first in Chrysler Chargers later a Volkswagen Golf, partnering Stirling Moss on occasion for the 500 kilometre endurance format

In 1970, in difficult circumstances, he took his second Can-Am title, as the team mourned the loss of Bruce McLaren who had died while testing the new Can-Am car at Goodwood

1971

Denny ended up ninth in the standings for 1971

He drove the McLaren M8F in 1971; teammate Peter Revson won the CanAm championship that year

Beauty, fragrance and men's products company Yardley took over title sponsorship of a new McLaren in 1972, and it paid dividends for Denny

Hulme and Revson drove the McLaren M20 in the 1972 CanAm races, but the M20 was overpowered by Roger Penske's Porsche American Challenge Cup series , and at Indianapolis

Partnered with good friend Peter Revson, Denny was back on winning ways taking victory in South Africa, and a few fine podiums elsewhere, finishing 1972 in third place with 39 points

1973

Amazingly, Hulme scored only one pole position in his F1 career, in 1973 at Kyalami&mdash;he appeared to have a good relationship with the South African venue

However, Hulme was outshone by friend and team-mate Peter Revson in 1973, and he finished a place down on the American in sixth, 12 points adrift

When Revson left McLaren at the end of 1973 to join Shadow, Hulme would have been disappointed

1974

After the accident Hulme announced that he would see out 1974 before retiring from Grand Prix racing

Hulme retired from Formula One at the end of the 1974 season and raced only sporadically until the mid 1980s when he began racing Touring Cars seriously

Argentine Grand Prix - For 1974, the circuit used the faster and longer No.15 circuit, and homeland hero Reutemann so very nearly took victory, but the Brabham mechanics apparently didn't put enough fuel in the Argentine's car and he ran out, and victory went to veteran New Zealander Denny Hulme

1986

Hulme returned to Europe in 1986 racing in the European Touring Car Championship in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing prepared Rover Vitesse

1987

After that Hulme raced briefly for Bob Jane's Mercedes-Benz team before linking up with Larry Perkins in 1987, moving with Perkins in 1988 to the newly formed Holden Racing Team

1990

Hulme would later join Benson & Hedges Racing, another team run by Frank Gardner in 1990